Hello. My name is Admir Busnov. I was born in Bosnia I Herzegovina. I am a Junior at roosevelt high school. The only writing I do is the one that I am assigned in school (although I rarely do those either). I have a problem with falling behind on my work in my classes but I always end up getting it all in by the time the semester is over. I play basketball and I am going to play tennis this year. Letter of Introduction (posted January 20)
When I was born, it was the end of the Bosnian- Serbian "war". A "war" that lasted 4 years and that resulted in over 250,000 deaths. Now the reason I keep putting quotation marks around war is because, it wasnt a war. It was a genocide. A mass murder of my people by Serbians. For what reason you ask? Because they were of different religion. They were not similiar enough to the serbians who viewed themselves as a divine race. There were numerous others genocides that took place throughout history, recent ones being Darfur and Sudan. But I chose to do genocide because of the one in my own country. The fact that people can do this to other people just because they dont follow their religion or are not the same color of skin or anything that like that is unbelieveable. Personal Reflection on Topic of Inquiry(posted January 27 -- Peer Response January 29)
Rough Draft Definition (posted February 3 -- Peer Response February 5)
Murder. Hate. What do those two words have in common? They are both used to describe genocide. Genocide is the mass murder of a group of people based on the hatred of their race or religion. Simply based on the fact that they are different than them. I have gone through a genocide in my own life. I was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994, which was near the end of the so called "war". Even though the "war" was over, the destruction and chaos that had been reaped upon my country was still evident. The streets were still torn down and houses that had been burned down, were nothing more then ashes. The reasoning behind all of this is what not only intrigues me to this day, but infuriates me. Because my people were muslim and the Serbians were christian, they did not feel as if we deserved our land, and they felt as if it should belong to them. Over 200,000 people had died over the course of four years. Majority of which were innocent people in the streets of Bosnia and neighboring Croatia. All those lives lost, due to a disagreement over religion and a dispute over land. That is a genocide. Revision Definition (posted February 10 -- Peer Response February 12 )
Murder. Hate. What do those two words have in common? They can both used to describe genocide. Genocide is the mass murder of a group of people based hate towards their race or religion. Simply based on the fact that they are different than them. I have gone through a genocide in my own life. I was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994, which was near the end of the so called "war". Even though the "war" was over, the destruction and chaos that had been reaped upon my country was still evident. The bridges and walls were still torn down and houses that had been filled with Bosnian families drinking coffee together were now mere ashes. The reasoning behind all of this is what not only intrigues me to this day, but infuriates me. Because my people were muslim and the Serbians were christian, they did not feel as if we deserved our land, and they felt as if it should belong to them. Over 200,000 people had died over the course of four years. Majority of which were innocent people in the streets of Bosnia and neighboring Croatia. All those lives lost, due to a disagreement over religion and a dispute over land. That is a genocide. Final Definition (posted February 17 -- Peer Response February 19 )
Murder. Hate. What do those two words have in common? They can both used to describe genocide. Genocide is the mass murder of a group of people based hate towards their race or religion. Simply based on the fact that they are different than them. I have gone through a genocide in my own life. I was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994, which was near the end of the so called "war". Even though the "war" was over, the destruction and chaos that had been reaped upon my country was still evident. The bridges and walls were still torn down and houses that had been filled with Bosnian families drinking coffee together were now mere ashes. The reasoning behind all of this is what not only intrigues me to this day, but infuriates me. Because my people were muslim and the Serbians were christian, they did not feel as if we deserved our land, and they felt as if it should belong to them. Over 200,000 people had died over the course of four years. Majority of which were innocent people in the streets of Bosnia and neighboring Croatia. All those lives lost, due to a disagreement over religion and a dispute over land. That is a genocide. Reflection #1 (posted February 20 -- Peer Response February 22)
Th purpose of my writing was to educate people on the meaning of genocide and to make sure they knew that the Bosnian "war" was more of a genocide than anything else. My intended audience was my partner, I put in background info about the Bosnian war so they would not be confused. The exigence in my essay was letting them know that genocide was a terrible thing and it has evil roots. My tone was serious and sort of agitated. Rough Draft Comparison (postedFebruary 24 -- Peer Response February 26 )
Two words that commonly misconstrued are war and genocide. Many people think that a genocide is a fancy word for war, but that is from the case. When countries are engaged in war, it depicts a battle between two strong armies, with many lives lost. Although a genocide does result in many lost lives, that is all that the words share with each other in similarity. When a genocide is happening, it is one army or group afflicting their power upon a smaller or weaker group. Their are many examples of genocides the most recent being Darfur, Sudan, and Bosnia. Bosnia happens to be the one that many people classify as a war. But when the majority of victims are innocent Bosnian muslims, it loses its classification as a war and becomes a genocide. Revision Comparison (posted March 2 -- Peer Response March 4)
Two words that commonly misconstrued are war and genocide. Many people think that a genocide is a fancy word for war, but that is from the case. When countries are engaged in war, it depicts a battle between two strong armies, with many lives lost. Although a genocide does result in many lost lives, that is all that the words share with each other in similarity. When a genocide is happening, it is one army or group afflicting their power upon a smaller or weaker group. Their are many examples of genocides the most recent being Darfur, Sudan, and Bosnia. Bosnia happens to be the one that many people classify as a war. But when the majority of victims are innocent Bosnian muslims, it loses its classification as a war and becomes a genocide.
The difference between a war and a genocide is that in a war there is a battle. But in a genocide one side just gets abused by the other. There is rarely any retaliation and if there is it is minimal and has no affect. In a genocide, there is little the victim group can do to stop the violence. That is why in most cases there are countries who help the victims out. In the case of Bosnia and Serbia, the United States lended a helping hand to the Bosnians. They realized that they did do nothing to deserve this kind of treatment and it had to come to an end. Final Comparison (posted March 9 -- Peer Response March 11)
Two words that commonly misconstrued are war and genocide. Many people think that a genocide is a fancy word for war, but that is from the case. When countries are engaged in war, it depicts a battle between two strong armies, with many lives lost. Although a genocide does result in many lost lives, that is all that the words share with each other in similarity. When a genocide is happening, it is one army or group afflicting their power upon a smaller or weaker group. Their are many examples of genocides the most recent being Darfur, Sudan, and Bosnia. Bosnia happens to be the one that many people classify as a war. But when the majority of victims are innocent Bosnian muslims, it loses its classification as a war and becomes a genocide.
The difference between a war and a genocide is that in a war there is a battle. But in a genocide one side just gets abused by the other. There is rarely any retaliation and if there is it is minimal and has no affect. In a genocide, there is little the victim group can do to stop the violence. That is why in most cases there are countries who help the victims out. In the case of Bosnia and Serbia, the United States lended a helping hand to the Bosnians. They realized that they did do nothing to deserve this kind of treatment and it had to come to an end. Reflection #2 (posted March 16 -- Peer Response March 25)
My purpose of this essay was to differentiate a genocide from a war. My intended audience was my partner and anyone in my english class who may read it. To help them understand my point more i included experiences from my own life that i could explain more in depth. The exigence in my essay was that they are two totally different things that people get confused, when they really only have one thing in common and that is that they both result in deaths. Rough Draft Argument (posted April 6 -- Peer Response April 8)
Revision Argument (posted April 13 -- Peer Response April 15)
Final Argument (posted April 20 -- Peer Response April 23)
Letter of Introduction (posted January 20)
When I was born, it was the end of the Bosnian- Serbian "war". A "war" that lasted 4 years and that resulted in over 250,000 deaths. Now the reason I keep putting quotation marks around war is because, it wasnt a war. It was a genocide. A mass murder of my people by Serbians. For what reason you ask? Because they were of different religion. They were not similiar enough to the serbians who viewed themselves as a divine race. There were numerous others genocides that took place throughout history, recent ones being Darfur and Sudan. But I chose to do genocide because of the one in my own country. The fact that people can do this to other people just because they dont follow their religion or are not the same color of skin or anything that like that is unbelieveable.
Personal Reflection on Topic of Inquiry(posted January 27 -- Peer Response January 29)
Rough Draft Definition (posted February 3 -- Peer Response February 5)
Murder. Hate. What do those two words have in common? They are both used to describe genocide. Genocide is the mass murder of a group of people based on the hatred of their race or religion. Simply based on the fact that they are different than them. I have gone through a genocide in my own life. I was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994, which was near the end of the so called "war". Even though the "war" was over, the destruction and chaos that had been reaped upon my country was still evident. The streets were still torn down and houses that had been burned down, were nothing more then ashes. The reasoning behind all of this is what not only intrigues me to this day, but infuriates me. Because my people were muslim and the Serbians were christian, they did not feel as if we deserved our land, and they felt as if it should belong to them. Over 200,000 people had died over the course of four years. Majority of which were innocent people in the streets of Bosnia and neighboring Croatia. All those lives lost, due to a disagreement over religion and a dispute over land. That is a genocide.
Revision Definition (posted February 10 -- Peer Response February 12 )
Murder. Hate. What do those two words have in common? They can both used to describe genocide. Genocide is the mass murder of a group of people based hate towards their race or religion. Simply based on the fact that they are different than them. I have gone through a genocide in my own life. I was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994, which was near the end of the so called "war". Even though the "war" was over, the destruction and chaos that had been reaped upon my country was still evident. The bridges and walls were still torn down and houses that had been filled with Bosnian families drinking coffee together were now mere ashes. The reasoning behind all of this is what not only intrigues me to this day, but infuriates me. Because my people were muslim and the Serbians were christian, they did not feel as if we deserved our land, and they felt as if it should belong to them. Over 200,000 people had died over the course of four years. Majority of which were innocent people in the streets of Bosnia and neighboring Croatia. All those lives lost, due to a disagreement over religion and a dispute over land. That is a genocide.
Final Definition (posted February 17 -- Peer Response February 19 )
Murder. Hate. What do those two words have in common? They can both used to describe genocide. Genocide is the mass murder of a group of people based hate towards their race or religion. Simply based on the fact that they are different than them. I have gone through a genocide in my own life. I was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994, which was near the end of the so called "war". Even though the "war" was over, the destruction and chaos that had been reaped upon my country was still evident. The bridges and walls were still torn down and houses that had been filled with Bosnian families drinking coffee together were now mere ashes. The reasoning behind all of this is what not only intrigues me to this day, but infuriates me. Because my people were muslim and the Serbians were christian, they did not feel as if we deserved our land, and they felt as if it should belong to them. Over 200,000 people had died over the course of four years. Majority of which were innocent people in the streets of Bosnia and neighboring Croatia. All those lives lost, due to a disagreement over religion and a dispute over land. That is a genocide.
Reflection #1 (posted February 20 -- Peer Response February 22)
Th purpose of my writing was to educate people on the meaning of genocide and to make sure they knew that the Bosnian "war" was more of a genocide than anything else. My intended audience was my partner, I put in background info about the Bosnian war so they would not be confused. The exigence in my essay was letting them know that genocide was a terrible thing and it has evil roots. My tone was serious and sort of agitated.
Rough Draft Comparison (postedFebruary 24 -- Peer Response February 26 )
Two words that commonly misconstrued are war and genocide. Many people think that a genocide is a fancy word for war, but that is from the case. When countries are engaged in war, it depicts a battle between two strong armies, with many lives lost. Although a genocide does result in many lost lives, that is all that the words share with each other in similarity. When a genocide is happening, it is one army or group afflicting their power upon a smaller or weaker group. Their are many examples of genocides the most recent being Darfur, Sudan, and Bosnia. Bosnia happens to be the one that many people classify as a war. But when the majority of victims are innocent Bosnian muslims, it loses its classification as a war and becomes a genocide.
Revision Comparison (posted March 2 -- Peer Response March 4)
Two words that commonly misconstrued are war and genocide. Many people think that a genocide is a fancy word for war, but that is from the case. When countries are engaged in war, it depicts a battle between two strong armies, with many lives lost. Although a genocide does result in many lost lives, that is all that the words share with each other in similarity. When a genocide is happening, it is one army or group afflicting their power upon a smaller or weaker group. Their are many examples of genocides the most recent being Darfur, Sudan, and Bosnia. Bosnia happens to be the one that many people classify as a war. But when the majority of victims are innocent Bosnian muslims, it loses its classification as a war and becomes a genocide.
The difference between a war and a genocide is that in a war there is a battle. But in a genocide one side just gets abused by the other. There is rarely any retaliation and if there is it is minimal and has no affect. In a genocide, there is little the victim group can do to stop the violence. That is why in most cases there are countries who help the victims out. In the case of Bosnia and Serbia, the United States lended a helping hand to the Bosnians. They realized that they did do nothing to deserve this kind of treatment and it had to come to an end.
Final Comparison (posted March 9 -- Peer Response March 11)
Two words that commonly misconstrued are war and genocide. Many people think that a genocide is a fancy word for war, but that is from the case. When countries are engaged in war, it depicts a battle between two strong armies, with many lives lost. Although a genocide does result in many lost lives, that is all that the words share with each other in similarity. When a genocide is happening, it is one army or group afflicting their power upon a smaller or weaker group. Their are many examples of genocides the most recent being Darfur, Sudan, and Bosnia. Bosnia happens to be the one that many people classify as a war. But when the majority of victims are innocent Bosnian muslims, it loses its classification as a war and becomes a genocide.
The difference between a war and a genocide is that in a war there is a battle. But in a genocide one side just gets abused by the other. There is rarely any retaliation and if there is it is minimal and has no affect. In a genocide, there is little the victim group can do to stop the violence. That is why in most cases there are countries who help the victims out. In the case of Bosnia and Serbia, the United States lended a helping hand to the Bosnians. They realized that they did do nothing to deserve this kind of treatment and it had to come to an end.
Reflection #2 (posted March 16 -- Peer Response March 25)
My purpose of this essay was to differentiate a genocide from a war. My intended audience was my partner and anyone in my english class who may read it. To help them understand my point more i included experiences from my own life that i could explain more in depth. The exigence in my essay was that they are two totally different things that people get confused, when they really only have one thing in common and that is that they both result in deaths.
Rough Draft Argument (posted April 6 -- Peer Response April 8)
Revision Argument (posted April 13 -- Peer Response April 15)
Final Argument (posted April 20 -- Peer Response April 23)
Reflection #3 (posted April 23)
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-genocide.htm
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/rwanda/genocide/index.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genocide
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/rwanda/genocide/index.html
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Genocide